Dollar General hits high after strong Q1

Shares of Dollar General rose nearly 4 percent Friday morning to an all-time high on the heels of the retailer’s first-quarter results.

Goodlettsville-based Dollar General has been one of the retail winners during the COVID-19 pandemic — Tractor Supply in Brentwood is another — and this week reported that same-store sales in the three months ended May 1 rose nearly 22 percent and operating profits soared nearly 70 percent from the mark of a year earlier to $867 million.